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  Election Season Is Almost Here — Here's How to Vote in Miami-Dade

  July 15 at 10 a.m.

  Here's a quick guide on deadlines, voter registration, mail-in ballots, and major items on the ticket.

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  Lawsuit Says Florida Makes It Needlessly Hard for Many People to Vote

  April 30 at 12:31 p.m.

  The plaintiffs cited a recent study finding Hispanic and black voters were twice as likely to have their ballots rejected.

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  Miami New Times' 2020 Primary Election Live-Blog

  March 17 at 6:25 p.m.

  Will Democratic voters in this new coronavirus reality choose former Vice President Joe Biden or Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders?

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  Miami Beach Commission Race Comes Down to Literally One Vote

  Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 3:54 p.m.

  There are tight elections, and then there's yesterday's race for the Group IV seat on the Miami Beach City Commission, which was so close it makes Gore-Bush look like a cakewalk.

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  Amendment 10 Just Made Florida's Counterterrorism Office a Permanent Fixture

  Monday, November 12, 2018 at 8:37 a.m.

  Florida already has a statewide office of counterterrorism. Despite this, an amendment was placed on the November 6 ballot asking voters if they favored the creation of an "office of domestic security and counterterrorism within [the] department of law enforcement."

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  As Broward Votes Trigger Recount, Overseas Voter Says County Botched Her Ballot

  Thursday, November 8, 2018 at 4:10 p.m.

  On Thursday, as a new batch of Broward County ballots was counted, the margins grew tighter in several key Florida races. Those slim margins illustrate the importance of every single vote — but at least one overseas voter in Broward says the county elections office botched her ballot, raising questions about whether it was counted at all.